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Legendary DJ Shot in the head! (need prayer)
April 7, 2011
  Musical Safari Series Genre Cocktail       On this new quality mix, Speech plays the role of a bartender throwing all genres from Soul, Funk, Hip-Hop, Rock, House, Dub step & Afro beat into a shaker, adding a special serving of his passion and love, the result is a "Genre Cocktail". Speech explains, "I took a more aggressive approach in this mix, allowing the different energies to mingle… (read more)
Deep Update From Japan
April 7, 2011
*** urgent update *** (Below is a letter from Takeshi Yamazaki - leader of the Tokyo church of Christ) Dear Speech, First of all... I'd like to say thank you for thinking about us in Japan! We were so pleased and encouraged to hear that Arrested Developmentwill be coming to Japan in August to help the victims. I know that many artists have canceled their venues and they have very good reason to do… (read more)
Happy Holidays
December 22, 2010
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Just in time for the holidays, Speech & Vagabond wishes you all a safe, grateful and joyous Christmas, Kwanzaa! "It is more blessed to give than to receive" Acts 20:35   From now until Jan. 3, you can get $3.00 off the new Arrested Development albumSTRONG, Speech's THE GROWN FOLKS TABLE, and WHAT IS SUCCESS? (book)   CAROLE OF THE BELLS   AUSTRALIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA TOUR! SYDNEY… (read more)
Let Your Voice Be Heard!!
October 28, 2010
TUNE IN TOMORROW 9AM (Thursday Oct. 28) Arrested Development Rocks new song,"GREENER" live on CNN with anchor Kyra Phillips at 9 a.m. (Eastern)   Thank you fans for an Incredible and "STRONG" tour in the U.K.!! photos by John Kane   YOUR RAVE TOUR REVIEWS Against all odds, they’ve managed to remain modern, relevant and coherent even two decades after the first burst onto the scene – makes… (read more)
AD - Giving Up?
August 27, 2010
(Rasa Don rocking  - Photo: Tyson Horne) Dreams do come true Artists hope to capture your imagination. This week AD captured a lot of that, you'll tell by all the news. Thursday Aug. 26th -  Live on stage @ Chastain, Weds. Aug 25th, GoodDay Xtra (Fox 5) performing "We Rad We Doin It" &"Mama's Always On Stage" 1 new joint from STRONG & 1 classic from their debut. "Mama's Always on stage" has never… (read more)
Tears For Fears & Arrested Development
August 25, 2010
(Speech & AD at Ottawa Folk Festival - August 13th ) The band done did their Canadian Tour with more love than they knew what to do wit! And the group wants to give a big kiss to Devaki Thomas from the Komasket Festival for recommending them to folk festivals in Canada. Now back in the ATL for some home town funk. Appearing live on Fox 5 Good Day Atlanta next Weds morning (25th), chk out AD performing… (read more)
Addicted To America's Attic
August 25, 2010
(Regina,Saskatchewan FolkFest -Workshop AD w/Buffy Sainte-Marie) 2010's going strong! A thankful heart ain't only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all virtues. The band has finally targeted the U.S. again & while doing so, found cool allies in the U.S.'s attic - CANADA. Grateful for the reception they've been getting from Folk Festivals to BB Kings in NYC, they're on a roll appearing on Talk… (read more)
Life Music News June 2010 v2
July 21, 2010
  WHAT IS SUCCESS? BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! NOW AVAILABLE IN AUDIO FORMAT! Read by SPEECH, this book will help you find true success that God not only allows, but He is proud of! For over 13 years Speech has allowed God to turn worldly success into spiritual success, leading various ministries, raising a family and maintaining a thriving career! READ CONTENTS/INTRODUCTION Get the AUDIOBOOK HERE WORKIN'… (read more)
Life Music News June 2010
June 7, 2010
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT ON FANTASTIC VOYAGE 2010! Arrested Development  ROCKS the Fantastic Voyage Cruise for the Tom Joyner Foundation CLICK HERE for this CRAZY FRESH - MUST SEE video footage! Witness History as 10 legendary groups rocked the stage together seamlessly! Featuring: Arrested Development, Common, EPMD, Naughty By Nature, , Biz Markie, Fat Boys, Roxanne Shante, DJ Kool, DJ Scratch,… (read more)
Life Music News 2010
May 17, 2010
STRONG See why this album has put AD back in the TOP 10 in Japan! "AD done did it again! STRONG lives up to its name" - Marcus A. Johnson "...the new Strong Album, what a musical journey. A great CD for all ages." - Brian B. Moe Moore   "Strong truly lives up to its name...this is music your soul has been looking for" - Smallz72 Don't just believe the HYPE! Take a listen for yourself! For a limited… (read more)
BLOODY - performed live on Good Day Atlanta
April 29, 2010
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/good_day_atl/Hip-Hop-Group-Arrested-Development-042910 (read more)
"Bloody" Added to MTV FRANCE!
April 22, 2010
The new "Bloody" video from the new "STRONG" CD was done by award winning animation team Callicore. It has just been accepted by an excited MTV France! Yo MTV Raps is still a big franchise in France and the group just completed a tour in France to celebrate. "Our show near Paris was sold out, the crowd was electric especially for "Bloody", says Speech lead vocalist of the group. (read more)
Hope You had an Eggcellent Easter!
April 4, 2010
Today was a great Easter Holiday! The weather in Atlanta was awesome! We had an INCREDIBLE worship service, ate some wonderful food and I had some personal victories as well! GOD is GREAT! JESUS is AMAZING! We thought these pics were quite cool. (read more)
Arrested Development Back on the TOP 10 charts!
February 2, 2010
Arrested Development is back on the radio charts in a top 10 position. "World Is Changing" released Dec. 09 reached No.9 in internaional chart! In Japan, gathering data from 30 major FM stations it also reached #9 on J-Wave charts as well! Sitting right below Rihanna and above Joss Stone. The group felt great about their return to the Top 10! TOKIO HOT 100 also reached #9 and the groups tour in Japan… (read more)
Another way to help Haiti
January 15, 2010
One way we can help Haitians build a better tomorrow is to convince global creditors to cancel Haiti’s $890 million international debt.  Doing so will help make sure that every possible future dollar goes towards rebuilding a stronger Haiti, not to servicing old debts. Thankfully, the United States has already forgiven Haiti’s past debts and now only gives assistance in the form of… (read more)
Help For Haiti
January 15, 2010
Show Love for Haiti Port-au-Prince in Haiti is Devastated… A huge earthquake has left people in desperate need. Speech's church theGACC.org already collected money to send over. Here's other things we all can learn to better help. TransAfrica has 4 immediate recommendations of aid recovery “The country does not have the infrastructure or resources to deal with a crisis of this magnitude,… (read more)
A New Year a New You in Philly - Huge Success
January 10, 2010
WRNBfm and the school District of Philadelphia hosted a New Year - a New You Saturday Jan.9th 2010. They expected 500 people, there was over 2000 that came! 700 were even turned away because of over capacity! The guest were: Les Brown (motivational speaker), SPEECH of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and High Hopes (Les Brown's Son) along with radio personalities from 100.3 the BEAT in Philly. Saturday Morning… (read more)
JJ Boogie (of Arrested Development) goes to Berklee
January 7, 2010
  JJ Boogie guitarist for multiple Grammy Award winning group Arrested Development gets a complimentary run at Berklee taking a Scales Class. Through the talented engineer and pro-tools wiz, David Franz, he convinced the renown Berklee school of Music to profile JJ boogie and promote their school with Arrested Development, while he takes their course!   David Franz said," There is a huge… (read more)
AD JAPAN New Years Celebration!
December 31, 2009
Arrested Development embarked on their "STRONG" tour of Japan, topping it off with a high energy New Years celebration! With a TOP 10 hit single (The World is Changing) and an album selling out of mega stores, the tour was one of many to remember! "GOD is great!" Speech says, "We've been so blessed to be able to spend our new year with our biggest fans; the Japanese!" the group did a 70 minute high… (read more)
Rallying the AD fans!
December 31, 2009
Arrested Development embark on their "STRONG" tour of Japan! With a TOP 10 hit single (The World is Changing) and an album selling out of mega stores, the tour was one of many greats to remember! 2010 can be a year of wonders and world change! On the Musical front, Vagabond, AD and Speech need fans to get involved with promoting this exciting new music. We're looking for life music Warriors,… (read more)
Let's Save some Dolphins y'all
December 27, 2009
Being in Japan right now got me to thinking about Dolphins? Why? After watching an awesome 2009 documentary called, "The Cove" (Must see film) I learned that 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are brutally killed each year off the coast of Japan. And I'm in Japan right now! In addition, Japanese consumers are being sold dolphin meat, containing dangerously high levels of mercury, often labeled as… (read more)
Facebook messing with YOUR privacy?
December 20, 2009
Yo, AD likes facebook as much as the rest of y'all, but did you notice last week that you HAD to reset your privacy settings? Well, those settings may have made some of your private information easy for public accessibility! (Click for link) I did a search recently for my name and private information on the web and I was rudely awakened by HOW MUCH information is available on us all out in cyber space.… (read more)
Happy Holidays From AD
December 14, 2009
The holidays can be a very hard time for many of you, as you take an account of your life, where you are at this point and your year and how your dreams matched up to your reality. I want to encourage you to forget what is behind and strain towards what is ahead! There is nothing we can do about our past and the future is also out of our hands. What we do have control over and all we have control… (read more)
Give the gift of GOD this Christmas!
December 11, 2009
Order "What is Success?" as a Christmas gift for your family or friend. As a Limited offer (December 11th - 24th) Speech will personally sign every book that goes out!  go to www.vagabondmusiconline.com (Rush mail is available) (read more)
Nobel Peace Prize Speech from Barack Obama
December 11, 2009
Hi Y'all, this is Speech, I think it's important to actually read what our president or any leader says, so we know the truth, from the rumors. I'm proud of the scope, honesty and vision from this speech. I hope that Obama prays constantly, because his position needs a lot of prayer! I respect the humility and sobriety in this speech...ENJOY!               … (read more)
World Is Changing in Top 10!!
December 10, 2009
Here's the latest on radio chart position. Wolrd Is Changing is at No.9 in internaional chart! It's gatheing data from 30 major FM stations in Japan. It's below Rhiana and above Jos Stone. Hope it's going to go further up! And, it looks like the song is going to rank in top 10 at TOKIO HOT 100 this week. (read more)
LIFE MUSIC WARRIOR
December 7, 2009
“Music is the most powerful tool to make this world an incredible place. It moves the soul, body and mind into action! It softens the hardest of hearts and changes the very flow of humanity!” - Speech You can become a part of something incredible and you can be a very important part of changing the music industry! ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT needs dedicated reps in each city or town throughout… (read more)
What Is Success?
December 7, 2009
Thanks to all of you, Speech's new book "What Is Success?" sold out the first week of it's release! We've gotten more books in stock, so we appreciate your continued support! "What Is Success?" is a book that inspires you to live to the full with God. You'll discover how to find the balance between going after your dreams yet fulfilling the dreams of your creator. Also what success is from God's point… (read more)
The World is Changing!
December 7, 2009
THE WORLD IS CHANGING! Greetings to all of our fans throughout the world and especially in Japan! Great news to share! Arrested Development's first single from STRONG "The World Is Changing" just entered the Tokio Hot 100 charts at #65!! Please call your local radio stations and continue to request the song! You can also vote for the songs on J-Wave's Hot 100. VOTE at www.j-wave.co.jp/original/tokiohot100… (read more)
Gays Stand Up!
November 25, 2009
Ok y’all. Adam Lambert openly gay singer from "American Idol" kissed a male keyboard player and had a dancer simulate oral sex on him during the American Music Awards performance on Sunday. That’s all over the headlines.  Adam admitted that he got carried away but believes there wouldn't be nearly as much of an outrage if he were straight. Maybe he’s right though I doubt it,… (read more)
First Single release from AD in 3 years - "World Is Changing"
November 24, 2009
Arrested Development and Vagabond Records and Tapes license a new Maxi single to Japanese label Avex with the funky new song, "The World is Changing" from upcoming December album release, "STRONG". The single is featured in popular Manhattan vinyl record store and features a hot remix by Tokyo's DJ Hasabe! The group is excited about the song, despite it's sorta grim message. "We aren't afraid to tackle… (read more)
Great Show At Hollywood Park!
November 23, 2009
The show at Hollywood Park was AMAZING!  Thanks to everyone who came out to show support and love!!   (read more)
Arrested Development at Hollywood Park
November 18, 2009
Come join Arrested Development in a Celebration at Hollywood Horse Park for their Fantastic Fridays series THIS FRIDAY Nov. 20.  If you have been to an AD, you know that every show is a Celebration.  If you've NEVER been to an AD show, you've GOT to come and experience it up close and personal!  The show starts at 10:30PM it the North Park.  Admission BEFORE 10PM is ONLY $8.00!… (read more)
Pulse Of The Green
November 5, 2009
Pulse of the Green feat. dead prez, Speech (Arrested Development), Davey D, J-Boogie... Event Details   Time: November 15, 2009 at 8pm to November 16, 2009 at 4am(Location: 1015 Folsom, San Francisco, CA(Street: 1015 Folsom(City/State: San Francisco, CA(Website or Map: http://www.communitree.net(Event Type: hip, hop, benefit, non, profit, green, eco(Organized By: Communitree, Art In Action, Cyphertown,… (read more)